Adjustable trousers



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MORRIS AND GEORGE S. WEINER, OI BICKNELL, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR S OF ONE-THIRD TO PERCY W. GLADDEN, 0F WOR'IHINGTON', INDIANA.

ADJUSTABLE i TROUSERS.

Application filed July 18, 1924. 551131 110. 726,854.

Be it known that We, Mourns Warm and GEORGE S. WEINER, citizens of the United States, residing at Bicknell, in thecounty of Knox and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Trousers, of which the follow.- ing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in trousers.

In accordance with our invention we so constructed the trouser at the waist that such waist may be adjustedwithin limits, for making the same larger or smaller. The

adjusting 'means is arranged Wholly upon the inner side of the trouser, and hence is not visible in use. The 'trouser'is soconstructed that when the waistor waist band is adjusted, the material of trouser at the hips, is adjusted, in a corresponding manner. The construction is such that the adjustment will take up or let out the material at the waist band, equally, in a forward direction and in a rearward direction, thereby maintaining the side pockets in the proper position. The trouser made in accordance with our invention is neat in apearance and the adjustable feature is l iardly'obser'vable. The fold produced by the adjustment feature, is adapted to. be creased and ironed in any selected adjusted position. The straps for the belt are car ried near the fold, preventing sagging.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is the plan view of a pair of trousers, embodying our invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of same,

Figure 3 is an elevation of the inner side, showing the adjustment feature,

Figure 4 is the perspective view of a portion of the trouser, showing the adjustment feature, I

Figure 5 is the side elevation of trouser, showing the parts arranged in a different adjustment, and,

Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6-45 Figure 5. p

The trouser embodies the usual legs 10, having upper hip portions 11, provided with a waist band 12. The trousers are equipped with the usual side pockets 12 and back pockets 13.

"adjustment of the waist portions 11, for increasing or decreasing the ing 19 A The invention resides principally in the band 12, and hip same, within limits. At each side pocket 12 is the usual gore 14, to'which is stitched at 15, a supplemental gore 16, tapering downwardly. The rear portion of the-hip ad acent to the side pocket, is cut full pr0- viding a gore 17, tapering downwardly and of substantially the same size as the gore 16. The gore 17 may be .re arded as extending from the line 18 .to a ine of stitch- The gores 16 and 17 have their faces contacting and extend inwardly, as indicated at 20, and the stitching 19 passes through these edges. As a result of this, thegores 16 and 17 fold readily upon the stitching 19 and will lie flat against each other. In the ordina trouser, the material would be out at t e line 18, and the fullness represented by the gore 17 is added to correspond with the fullness produced by the gore 16. The line of stitching 19 extends down to the bottom of the pocket 12, and is secured by the tack 20'. seen that the gores 16 and 17 are of a substantial length and project slightly below the tack 20, and by virtue of their length, the fullness of the hip portions of the trousers are properly taken care of, corre-' sponding to the adjustment at the waist line.

Arranged upon the inner side of the waist It is thus band 12, is a strip 21, secured thereto by tention is called to the fact that the first eyelet 22 is arranged adjacent to the line 18 of the gore 17 and the strip 21 extends horizontally from the line 18. A hook 23 is attached to the and at the line of stitching 19. These hooks are adapted to engage within selected eyelets 22. While We have found the eyelets and hook a preferred connecting means, as the same lies fiat in use, yet the invention is in no sense restricted to this particular type of connecting means, as other devices may be employed.

We arrange a belt loop 24, upon the waist band 12, at the outer edge or line 18 of the gore 17, and we also employ the belt loop 25 attached to the Waist line at the outer edge of the gore 16, as shown.

gores 16 and 17, at their top, 2'

In the use of the trousers, the same will have the smallest possible waist line, when the hook '23 engages within the rearmost eyelet 22. The gores 16 and 17 will be folded fiat upon each other, at the line of stitching 19, and the material will also be folded upon the line 18, and may be ironed or creased on this line. This provides a double fold arranged adjacent to the rear ed e of pocket. The belt passing throu h to loops 24 and 25 secured upon this fo (1 and the pocket, preventingeither from sagging.

To increase the waistline, the hook 23 is inserted in the selected eyelet, to the front. For instance if the eyelets are one-quarter inch apart and the hook is advanced two eyelets, at each pocket, the waist line would be increased one inch. At eaclrpocket, the waist line will be let out one-quarter inch in a forwardly direction and one-quarter inch in a. rearwardly direction, thus retaining theside pockets in a proper relative position. creased upon its new line of fold.

We also contemplate applying the invention to the bottom of waist band of ladies skirts, or to riding trousers. \Ve also contemplate arranging the hooks and eyelets upon the outer side of the garment, as well as upon the inner side.

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the The fold will now be ironed, and

golf trousers, or to the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts, may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of our invention, or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

A air of trousers comprising front and rear liip portions carryin leg portions, aside pocket upon each si e of the trousers and carried entirely by the front hi portion, a downwardly tapering foldabl portion arranged between the front and rear hip portions and extending from the, waist band to a point near the lower end of the edge of the pocket, said downwardly tapering foldable portion folding upon lines extending longitudinally thereof whereby such folding adjusts the waist band and hips of the trousers, the outer side of the foldable portion lapping forwardly with respect to the pocket whereby the lap produced extends forwardly with relation to such ocket and will not interfere with the insertion of the hand into the pocket, and means arranged near the waist band to lock the u per overlapped portions of said foldab ie portions together in selected adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

MORRIS WEINER. GEORGE S. WEINER. 

